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Burbank, CA
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Living in Burbank



Burbank is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 103,920 people and 26 associated neighborhoods, Burbank is the 66th largest community in California.

Burbank home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Burbank real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Burbank is also a city of artists. Burbank has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Burbank’s character.

Also of interest is that Burbank has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 24.21% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Burbank is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Burbank a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

The citizens of Burbank are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.90% of adults in Burbank have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Burbank in 2018 was $52,513, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $210,052 for a family of four. However, Burbank contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Burbank is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Burbank home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burbank residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Burbank also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burbank include Armenian, German, English, Irish, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Burbank's cultural character, accounting for 29.21% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Burbank is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Armenian.